Why Man City Couldn’t Beat Real Madrid

[@PoliAstroN]

Madrid’s defense needs this credit! Rudiger, 34 year old Nacho, and “2nd” GK Lunin, were unreal. Carvajal as well! Incredible work rate, incredible stamina

[@copyandpaste2052]

Yeah lol carvajal literally collapsed on the field props to his work ethic!

[@Saiyajin947]

They really don’t though. Easy to defend when you park the bus

[@returnofmerenguespersempre]

@@Saiyajin947 how did your club fare? why not just score and park the bus all the way to CL title? oh wait

[@leviandhiro3596]

Lunin is 3rd choice

[@ppate8]

YEP A TEAM EFFORT SINCE NO COURTOIS OR MILITAO

[@SemiPro_Nub]

Here is the explanation on why Silva shot his penalty in the middle. If you remember the World Cup, as advised by Martinez to his team. If they save a penalty, shoot in the middle on the next one. Because the opposing goalie will be pressured to make a save too and will most likely dive under that pressure. A cunning tactic on his side, but props to Lunin. Looks like Lunin was present in that class too and he took notes, instinctively knew what was about to happen.

[@jerano4kt]

Bernardo also shot in the middle a few years back vs Kepa & Kepa gave Lunin tips before the shootout . Rudiger showed Lunin where Kovacic would shoot . Lunin is incredible & I feel like he's yet to be at his best, he now have saved 10 out of 26 penalties .

[@amardeep5821]

It was a gamble, like all penalty shoot outs and it failed. But I remember my coach telling me hit it hard, fast and in the corner. Especially if the goalie is a rightie then in the left top corner and if the goalie is a leftie then in the top right corner.

[@miltonwhatever]

@@jerano4kt 10 out of 26 is absolutely insane

[@chriskouts4923]

I thought of exactly the same thing

[@mrlajel]

@@jerano4kt and remember that Kepa save against Frankfurt in 2019 UEL.

[@its__OVER]

Is no one gonna talk about how well Carvajal and Valverde marked Grealish, they gave him no room. Also, KDB missed easy goals and Haaland looked abysmal whole game.

[@oliverleigh9854]

That miss was the only clear cut chance they created the entire game.

[@papasreyes4198]

Haaland ghosted because Real Madrid parked the bus and didn't give him any space to run into.

[@FootballMan-eb6qx]

@@papasreyes4198 Like luton play Possesio football 😂Just admit Haaland is a ghost in big games

[@mzamomahlangabeza]

​@@FootballMan-eb6qx yhea but its peps tactics that make bad

[@mrherbal]

Carvajal played Grealish and when he was tire, he played Doku for almost the rest of the match. What a legend

[@sstteevveenn77]

The fact that Madrid did this without their starting goalkeeper, without their two starting center backs, without their starting defensive midfielder, AND without a true striker is actually amazing to me. People forget all of the players (actual starters) Madrid were missing

[@ppate8]

and no help from bribing referees or setting up fake companies to inflate their revenue to buy more players

[@alexandertodorov8381]

@@ppate8 any proof or just butthurt fangirling? MC , Barcelona, PSG, MU, Chelsea have been dishing out way more massive sums for players, managers, stadiums, staff than RM with no consequences, even on the pitch. Which one of those teams do u support, sweetie, be honest?

[@sljlq]

Hahah you forgot that city weren’t resting 9 days and planning how can they beat city

[@Luis-kv8zc]

For someone who talks about tactics, you sure didn't talk about how well oiled Madrid themselves were in their defense and how they played. You can say that City's tactics were amazing, but it takes an even better defense to stop that

[@Coach-rq6jx]

I believe they don't know much about how Real Madrid plays regularly to comment on them, but that's good, I've seen some "tacticos" make wild assumptions about things they don't know and lose credibility rather than stay quiet on that matter.

[@ofentsejay]

The reason why is bcoz most of these ppl watch Premier league, they don't really know about Madrid

[@Luis-kv8zc]

@@ofentsejay both of you make fair points. I just think analyzing a match you should also try to pin point what was done from the other team aside from "park the bus" like Football Made Simple

[@grapefruitsyrup8185]

Attack football is way difficult to achieve than defensive football. Pretending both are same level of difficulty is low iq.

[@ofentsejay]

@@grapefruitsyrup8185 this is the biggest lie ever told, attacking football is easy to achieve. This is why absolutely no one ever talks about defense cox they can't spot it even when it's on their eyes. As a defender you always at the mercy of the attack, how can defending be easier? Put grealish 1 on 1 agaisnt any full back, I bet he will come on top more often than not. Defending takes concentration, hard work and dedication to pull of. Not only do you have to read your opponents move, which even if you read 7/10 times the attack will still move past you regardless, it takes even more dedication to recover those 7/10. We haven't even spoken about things like position or even defending with a card for example.

[@awalamoo1608]

This analysis talks about what city did right and wrong but didn’t really talk about what Madrid did right. City didn’t lose because they did something wrong, they lost because Madrid defended well

[@zubairatif]

If madrid defended well, they wouldn't have conceded 30 shots and an xG of around 3, that is not good defense, that's just poor finishing by City. If you actually want to see a good defensive performance against City than watch the Arsenal game.

[@awalamoo1608]

@@zubairatif spamming 30+ shots isn’t it. Madrid created more big chances.

[@karoaziz2783]

@@zubairatif you are so dumb. when the other team doesnt score thats called defending well...

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

We lost because we let madrid score and never converted any of our chances(and we had alot of them) because of that

[@centralfootball12]

​@@zubairatifIt would've been 50-60 shots without the performance from the defense

[@rexepps4087]

The timing of that a Rodrygo goal was huge …it basically made city play anxiously the rest of the game. If city had that amount of the ball in and Real Madrid had not scored they would have converted a couple of those chances they missed.

[@oliverleigh9854]

What chances? they only created one clear cut chance in this game and KDB skied it into row whatever. Chances you talking about are half chances and Madrid to their defended outstanding. City only created one clear cut in the 1st leg and that was the 1st goal they scored. This domination people wanna throw around is BS.

[@Bredemann100]

They had 2 actually, the KdB one and a Haaland header hit the crossbar in the 1st half

[@oliverleigh9854]

@@Bredemann100 Mother of God. that's not a chance. a clear cut chance. you need to be goal bound with zero opponents around you went you shoot or head the ball. like the goal Madrid scored is a clear cut chance for eg. a free header inside the box is a clear cut chance.

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

Definetely

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

@@oliverleigh9854 Bro we had 35 shots and 20 corners we had atleast 10-15 chances that could be goals

[@shahriartanvir977]

Man city had 2/3 of the possession. but, often without any clearcut chances. They created 1 chance what kdb missed. And the goal came from Rüdigers deflected defensive action which luckily perfectly fell in kdbs path. 46 attempted cross reminded me of FIFA14 days.

[@diazkohen2149]

PES 2017, it was glorious day for crossing tactic😍

[@robcurios740]

In addition, City has been behind Madrid the most over the two legs. Don Carlo really nullified their attacking prowess.

[@schroedericeman7200]

Ancelotti returned to that AC Milan golden era defense last night. Saying they parked the bus is a cop out and undermines the tactical genius of defending that they did last night Edit: I think people just say “park the bus” because they don’t know what defensive tactics are.

[@mobiustriple]

Nah after the goal they had 11 players in the box, comparisons to golden era milan are outright disrespectful

[@baseformrolf6710]

This was parking the bus mate. Parking the bus with good tactics is still parking the bus. They deserved too win, since they won after all, but lets not pretend like they played good lmao

[@CoteRW]

​@@baseformrolf6710 😂😂😂😂 they play AND win the game that's football not the Pep overcomplicate Tactics. Keep crying about😂😂😂😂

[@jackmadaima4681]

They played to win, do you think any team would play to the strength of the opposition, would you? This is the most prestigious competition in club football, of course they'd choose to win by any means.​@@baseformrolf6710

[@mattiarubio3240]

@@baseformrolf6710cry harder

[@matthewvaughan8192]

Not the best example this game, but generally over the past 5 years Real Madrid's low-mid block is the best in the world by far. It annoys me when people call it ''parking the bus'' when they're blatantly playing to win the game, merely cautiously, waiting for the right time to pounce --- and it's entertaining to watch. If you take any elite team around the world that is weakest against low-mid blocks, (which most control possession teams are,) 9 times out of 10 they won't beat Real Madrid, who execute it to perfection. I can see them winning at least another 2 CLs over the next 5 years if they can keep doing so.

[@pritishvikramadithyan4088]

Bayern also employed this tactic against arsenal in the first leg qf.

[@oliverleigh9854]

Old school football.

[@InformationPepper]

PACK THE BUS IS NOT REAL MADRID STYLE OF PLAY. REAL MADRID PLAY A DOMINANT GAME. WHY PACK THE BUS? BECAUSE THEY ARE PLAYING A BETTER TEAM. THEREFORE, THEY WILL BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE DRAW GAME AND HOPE FOR LUCKY PENALTY SHOOTOUT. HAD IT BEEN THE AWAY GOAL WAS STILL ON, REAL MADRID WILL NOT PACK THE BUS KNOWING THAT THEY WILL LOSE. AND THAT IS WHERE MAN CITY MIGHT SCORE THEM. IT MY OPINION ANYWAY. BUT PACK THE BUS IS A PSYCHOLOGY OF A WEAKER TEAM IF THAT IS NOT USUALLY THEIR STYLE OF PLAY. THE WERE JUST LUCKY. AND THERE IS NO WAY YOU CANNOT THAT THE UNDERDOG CANNOT BE LUCKY TO WIN.

[@rahulnaik1676]

​@@InformationPepperkeep criticising while we progress😂

[@Bredemann100]

They are playing the most dominant team itw away from home against a fully fit team of course they’re not gonna try to replicate their style they wanted to make it hard for them and frustrate them and get the win and they did

[@_DioBrando_]

Carlo's Madrid knocked out Pep's City twice in the last three years and in both of those occasions Madrid won because their players showed strong character and fighting spirit. As excellent as City are their players are, they're effectively robots or pawns. Souless husks that have nothing to offer the game beyond the coach's instructions. Thank you Carlo and Madrid, for carrying the banner for inventiveness and creativity of football players. For letting people who love the sport enjoy watching great players create, invent and amaze. Jude Bellingham's first touch in Madrid's goal was worth the price of admission, City's robotic patterns were basically the opposite.

[@rolandovivar6864]

Interesting opinion, which is just that. In a shootout? Might as well flip a coin. Credit to RM for their defense though, but MC missed too many chances.

[@_DioBrando_]

@@rolandovivar6864 Coin flip? Madrid's penalty takers (bar one) all looked excellent and looked well prepared. Their goal keeper also looked very calm and confident. On the other side, City looked frantic and rushed. Bernardo Silva's penalty was so awful, blaming that on luck sounds ridiculous.

[@sporipro]

​@rolandovivar6864 city missed 1 chance. Real got them toothless and solutionless, just cross to nobody or shot from 25+ meters into lunin

[@ppate8]

@@_DioBrando_ he felt pressured and that's after winning 1 CL. Haaland and De Bruyne wanted no part of the losing so left the pitch and asked to be taken off.

[@easyygo3008]

​@@_DioBrando_ City and Pep made a bunch of mistakes. "But, but we had the ball".

[@jaybieber5828]

Credit to Bahim Diaz, constant defensive pressure and runs forward. Seemed tireless.

[@AkouriAmmar]

as he should do because he was fresh, that's his job ! but he was sloppy on the ball sometimes

[@robcurios740]

​@@AkouriAmmar He did very well on one transition but Rodri fouled him and got booked. Imo he has replaced Asensio in this Ancelottis system.

[@omalone1169]

Solid driving. He did his job and moved them forward ​@@robcurios740

[@AlexandriaTheSecond]

​@@robcurios740asensio was miles ahead of brahim diaz in term of finishing in front of goal

[@lulamabowdenmagwa6803]

So they really gonna talk about Man City KDB big chance and pretend like that Rudiger chance in the Extra-time didn’t happen?

[@rilindshehu96]

What do you mean City battered them? Real Madrid defended exceptionally well. This same mentality is literally the reason why defensive midfielders, defenders or goalkeepers never win Ballon d'Or. Real Madrid hit City where it hurts them: a low block. And a low block filled with world class players is what beat Manchester City in this case. Not many teams can hold out defensively like this. Football isn't all possession, "shots", xG or all that other crap, get it through your skulls.

[@craze-x]

​@@chrischristian466 womp womp

[@rilindshehu96]

@@chrischristian466 70% possession with only 2 serious chances, 1 of which turned into a goal is kind of pathetic performance, don't you think? Guardiola's obsession with possession and what most people nowadays think is "control of the game" got the better of him. City would've had a much better game if they had let RMA open up, but they're too scared to let them do that because their confidence in their defense isn't as high as RMA's. You're not controlling anything if you're not converting anything. Side passing the ball all game so your opponent doesn't get it is just as boring to watch as parking the bus. It was risky for Real Madrid but it paid off in the end. In the end, the better team does what it takes to win, and RMA did that. City couldn't adapt to RMA's antidote for them, and that's why they lost.

[@duydo6924]

@@rilindshehu96 Facts. Tiki-takanaccio.

[@asvphios9996]

@@rilindshehu96I pray you don’t die from having too much knowledge😂 you explained everything perfectly.

[@the1000waterfists]

Facts bro ignore the idiots

[@amenboughanmi5819]

The defensive line and commitment by Real Madrid players as a unit to keep city playing wide and not pass directly through the middle was a major key they let Akanji being the link to pass the ball from the right to left knowing that he's not KDB and has no means to provide cut through pass into the heart of Madrid defense they wanted that 1v1 grealish and foden who was actually the worst player in the field completely taken by Mendy in the wide areas while carvajal was supported Valverde when he's not marking Rodri who also offered nothing to solve the conjestion he couldn't shoot like always go save city. The goal only came because Doku was introduced and he was more direct and Carvajal was already tired plus the Rudiger deflect so even city goal was not 100% perfect or by design. The astonishing thing is that defensive brilliant is not even something real madrid are known about they are an attacking team that the most time they can defend deep is 10 to 15 minutes but they did it for 110 minutes since the first 10 minutes madrid were more pressing high with the 4 attackers. At the end what allow us to say something brilliant or distasterous is a thin line. And it needed also city being not clinical in front of goal which is what they have shown the whole season. At the end Real Madrid deserved the win they came with a plan to not open the game and press aimlessly and those who complain about madrid defending are just wanting madrid to lose. When it came to penalties to crucial moments. Kepa telling lunin that Bernardo shoot in the middle and they took a gamble on it and Rudiger telling Lunin where Kovacic shoot

[@DrakeDHDerr]

Doku actually made the difference by taking the defenders 1v1 instead of going back like grealish does nearly everytime. i miss the explosive days of Mahrez and sterling's attacking prowess together with Aguero's false 9 role and Gundogan perfectly timed run into the dangerous area

[@alesolano9081]

As someone down in the comments said: "City didn't lose because they did something wrong, they lost because Madrid defended well"

[@easyygo3008]

Grealish should have been subbed faster. He was totally controlled by Carvajal, Valverde & Camavinga. Had Guardiola subbed him earlier, maybe another player could have scored the chance he missed. If a player is looking like an amateur in a match: sub him asap

[@ksh5u81]

Arguably the best analysis of the game I have seen online. Well done!

[@B46666]

Indeed, however this dude is slightly crazy in the good way and dead funny!

[@MohamedAmiin25]

Huge credit to Madrid's defence masterclass

[@rolandovivar6864]

Both teams defended well. No masterclass! I'd say, save us the suspence & just shoot penalties. Forget all the bs prior to the shootout.

[@SiyabongaSibiya-pj9gb]

Yeah parking the bus is a masterclass

[@Hikikomortis]

@@SiyabongaSibiya-pj9gb just say you dot know defensive tactics... enjoy getting knocked out

[@gamedevb]

@@SiyabongaSibiya-pj9gb well we won go cry

[@kennnihnoo]

I see a lot of people saying that Madrid parked the bus but ask yourself fuck you supposed to do when you have up to 8 players on the 3rd attacking zone ??? 1v1?? Hnnn best thing was to protect all the zones in the 1st defensive zone

[@BigPeeOfficial]

Open up and let them score 8 goals against you

[@MS_1118]

exactly lol ancelotti is definetly more smarter and reliable than your average football fan

[@d231-i4j]

@@MS_1118 because he is not obsessed with TACTICS & POSSESSION like PEP🤣

[@SiyabongaSibiya-pj9gb]

But it's real Madrid why park the bus like wolves or something when Liverpool play say city they don't park the bus. Go watch Liverpool vs man city

[@DrakeDHDerr]

The sad part is that Grealish and Silva arent suitable for 1v1 take ons. i wish doku came in earlier

[@besserheigoo]

Lunin Said in the interview: „ we had 3 options where I can stay in the middle and we chose the right one“ 🥶

[@gabrielguerrero3404]

I just don’t understand one thing….why didn’t pep just try to feed haaland the ball as a last resort play? He’s plenty fast to beat nacho in the air with a ball over the top. The only times they tried to find haaland was when all of man city and Real Madrid were in the same half. (West ham played today vs Leverkusen and westham’s vs first goal is a great an example of how they could’ve abused haaland’s abilities) Instead it turned into let’s give the ball to our center backs and hope and pray for spaces to open up. It has barely worked all season and we have seen that plenty of times throughout the season because the opposition always drops all of their 10 players in the back but pep is so damn stubborn that he plays that same way with everyone. The first game vs Real Madrid man city scored 3 goals and none of them came because of pep’s tactics, in fact man city have struggled scoring for a while now and I’m not saying I know better than pep but you can’t keep doing the same damn thing over and over again vs good coaches they’ll adjust they’re not stupid

[@Coach-rq6jx]

I mean, they did play 40+ crosses. I don't know if that includes the 18 corners, but that should have been capitalised. But I do agree that Haaland could have been fed through balls to chase. In any case, with all that ball possession, City just kept passing it from flank to flank even though there were chances to shoot from distance. Especially Rodri, that's how they won the thing in that final last year. Because they didn't do the necessary, they deserved to lose.

[@DrakeDHDerr]

none of them came because of pep's tactics???????? Didnt know open play shots from outside the box was anti-football

[@sporipro]

​​@@DrakeDHDerrits not anti football but it isnt exactly tactics, especially when guardiola usually doesnt let players take shots from outside of the box. The problem that all 3 goals were long shots only appears when you notice that man city created literally nothing but 2 or 3 good chances in this tie, less than real madrid did, yet people say they were dominant and real parked the bus. Reality is city was a worse team, real controlled the tie basically the whole time and city looked toothless

[@May16Joe]

Haaland’s strengh are not headers believe it or not, he can’t position himself for good headers just like Lewandowski does for example. Haaland is good as finding empty spaces but if you give him none, he disappears.

[@drewchk5254]

Love how this guy completely ignores the fact that Madrid could have scored 2-3 more goals in the first half through excellent counters. In fact both teams created the equal amount of big chances this game, 3 each and both missed 2.

[@PAAKWAMEPAA]

True I think two of our chances came on the rodrygo goal attempt and rebound

[@faizzin4483]

That's not true. Madrid has big chances but not as many as Man City. Man City XG is 2.74 while Madrid is 1.44. City made 33 shots versus 8 shots. Kudos to Real Madrid for having mentality to go through Semi Final. But to says both have equal chance is misleading, not basing on any real facts.

[@madridismo77]

​@@faizzin4483 He's talking about big chances. I don't think you understand the difference between big chances, shots on goal or xG. Both sides had 3 big chances each and scored on only one from their ends.

[@faizzin4483]

@@madridismo77 ok, but they are still equal. We should consider other stats as well. Conversion rates for City are still poor but they threatened and dominated almost the whole 120 mins.

[@DrakeDHDerr]

2 of the big chances came in the space of 1 second. Rodrygo's initial shot and goal

[@313gwar]

Is anyone gonna mention that no City player wanted a 1 on 1 vs Ferland Mendy. Guy is a defensive beast.

[@oussemamenthole2586]

For all the peeps fighting about who won tactically in the comments. One team played absolute control and attack the other playes full on defense and relying on counter 120min of play ended in a draw means IT WAS A TIE TACTICALLY. Here it comes to individuals, and individually Madrid won by executing their game plan better. And I say this as a city fan!

[@d231-i4j]

City lost the game due to Peps excessive obsession with CONTROL & so called POSSESSION & tactics 🤡🤣 City would have done a much better game if they let RMA to open up like they did in 1st Leg

[@rolandovivar6864]

No, it was a penalty shootout, nothing more or less. Can you shoot penalties in crunch time? Obvious, this game, RM came out on top. And goal keepers? The best cost money.

[@SiyabongaSibiya-pj9gb]

Penalties

[@d231-i4j]

@@SiyabongaSibiya-pj9gb Your Messi has won wc by penalties and still you are barking PLEASE GROW UP LITTLE KID🙂

[@blackwhite2361]

No. City lost because KDB missed a clear chance

[@Rainmakeroffire]

Because they didn't convert their chances, which they absolutely had. Madrid showcased the the most striking example of parking the bus - literally all 11 players in their box pretty much throughout all the game. There's nothing to discuss here, it's the UCL where details decide: you use your chances, you advance; you don't, you fail.

[@thestuff9815]

Answer to this question is simple: City made one major mistake that Madrid capitalized on. City missed 4 or 5 prime prime chances and didn’t get one of the usual screamers they usually get. City played well. They lost lost. Simple as that. Also it was 1-1… not like a regular time loss

[@ComradeOgilvy1984]

Both goals were off unlucky mistakes. Rudiger is only going to badly misplay even a zipping cross like that 1 in 100 times.

[@thestuff9815]

@@ComradeOgilvy1984 I mean in the sense that any mistake is an unlucky one. I’m not calling city’s mistake unlucky though. It was poor execution and Walker being caught too deep despite having one job. Madrid exploited Walker’s poor awareness. It’s a legit goal even if it’s preventable. With the Rüdiger mistake… I’m not so sure. City spends that much time in and around the box spamming crosses and Madrid misplays 2/3 of the like 15ish opportunities. Think of all the solid crosses that led to nothing. And the lofted crosses which were just missed. Haaland even hit the middle of the post/crossbar on one. One of which was a KDB miss (which probably would’ve been called back for offsides) One was a Foden miss which he probably hits if he isn’t so gassed One was the goal. City put too much pressure for me to call that unlucky. It was just the one cross that happened to bounce a different way. And Walker thoroughly bottled Vini the rest of the game for the most part. City was the better side. Both teams executed their game plans. I honestly think Madrid would’ve been better off playing aggressive the whole game. But sometimes you just lose. City lost. Outside of the Walker mistake, which sometimes happens, they played well and had poor finishing. I didn’t watch the video, but I can’t imagine there’s 17 minutes worth of explaining that says anything beyond their finishing was poor and they didn’t play enough guys with elite ability in tight spaces. Though they really couldn’t given some of Madrid’s threats

[@thestuff9815]

@@ComradeOgilvy1984 it just feels like major yapping. What he says about Akanji isn’t wrong, but like… city did everything they basically wanted. There’s another world where city win 4/5-1 and people talk about this game very differently if City just hits their chances (or does something on their 18 corners and good free kicks) I’ll watch the video though. Just feels like mischaracterizing the game

[@thestuff9815]

Damn. 46 crosses lmao

[@thestuff9815]

In hindsight I should’ve watched the video lol. It was a solid video

[@Shylock0031]

I'm a Madridista and I loved this video! I learned so much about tactics and strategy! Much respect for you, your club, and your work!

[@HaiLeQuang]

To me, it's simple. Ancelotti pulled a masterclass in Catenaccio. He's an Italian. ManCity played flawlessly. You can only blame luck for not making semi finals. And also may be Pep still needs a Messi in the team. Haaland is clearly not the answer for that talisman in big games.

[@cullipa]

Man city is the best team in the world right now. They forced Madrid to play defensively most of the game and forced the team to do an outstanding collective effort. This match proves how difficult is to win the champions league and that these two teams are the modern biggest European rivalry at the moment. The respect the have for each other is beautiful and both will keep achieving plenty of titles if they keep running their clubs this way. HALA MADRID!

[@gmae5342]

People counted out Madrid at the etihad and said city were favorites to win, then got shocked when Madrid let city have possession instead of attacking and letting another 4-0 happen

[@amidkamara4990]

Are you sure Man city is the best team in Europe?😒

[@Ashishgamingyt-z1w]

​@@amidkamara4990they are

[@casanova8762]

Whats funny is that Madrid went toe to toe for City in the 1st leg. Madrid could compete for the ball if they wanted to. Carlo clearly meant to frustrate City in that 2nd leg. It was a tactical masterclass but its not pretty and possession based so he wont get the credit.

[@nannystatenonsense7419]

"running their clubs this way" = cheating FFP rules?

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

City fan here. I am crushed about the loss. We dominated madrid but couldnt win

[@hoselui]

First of all, it's important to be aware that football is not about who dominates, but about who scores the most goals.

[@rodrigofernandezmattos1583]

because that is what RM wanted 😂😂 . Pep's teams are extremely inefficient, and when you look at the stats in relative terms, RM were superior both offensively and deffensively

[@ultimateblaze23]

When some relegation side do it no one cares, when Madrid do it, WOW AMAZING TACTICS FROM ANCELLOTTI!

[@brentwilley9267]

Bro, they didn’t get a shot off after the 12 min mark. That’s not a “superior offense”. That’s simply KDB missed and easy goal

[@robcurios740]

​@@brentwilley9267If City goes up madrid cooks. 46 crosses and City squandering opportunities Madrid just had to see this through just like the final against Liverpool in Paris.

[@omalone1169]

​@@ultimateblaze23where is the proof

[@weintraub6683]

​@ultimateblaze23 when other teams do they call it parking the bus. When real does it, they call it a defensive masterclass

[@MaraDominguez-r8o]

Bro this videos are amazing, one thing is to watch the game and get carried away by the moment thatnyou dont really see these things. Not only is display in a way you can understand but also the wah he explains it make a lot of sense. Hope you could expand your horizons to Copa América. We are watching you from Mexico

[@ezraezra2928]

Arsenal, City, Liverpool, and West Ham United are gone in just 48 hours. Aston Villa only won because of their goalkeeper's luck. A disastrous week for English Football in Europe.

[@seanbeukman9563]

Wow dude! I am really educated right now thanks to this video. As an enthusiast of the game for 30+ years, I have slowly started to think about tactical play. I always simply watch the flow, the psychology, the personalities and the positioning. The different game plans(442, 352, 532 or watevs), I havent thought about how precise the execution of the tactical strategy must be in order to outfox the opposition. It has become very complex using great analysis/research of possible movements on the pitch. I have always thought that there is a ceratin amount of leeway for the players. But then I also know they are hired to execute the plan perfectly. In unsuspected scenarios, how do the players regain their 'tactical form'? Emotions and dynamics alter many things. Your video confirms the importance of the manager. Very little emotionally driven decisions are key, and by extension the discipline to execute the plan by the players is even more important. This especially when the losing side must change the game plan. Its fascinating. Thank you so much! You know your stuff.

[@hotskull15547]

Not a bad video. Your bias is obvious though. They were the better side offensively, but Madrid were the better side defensively. Not to mention Madrid were leading for most of the tie, because goals are what win games. Not possession or crosses.

[@T.E.S.S.]

IT'S FOUR FOUR F*CKING TWO TIME

[@manniking233]

No Stones meant Akanji's lack of passing threat hurt City. And Foden is not ruthless. Like if Foden were an efficient in the box finisher, he gets two for City because of Real Madrid's defensive shape. City should have used a second stone cold killer finisher behind Haaland to exploit Haaland being tightly marked.

[@mathewjoykutty9216]

Alvaraz

[@t.c.4321]

Alvarez and Haaland on the pitch together would have been interesting

[@thestuff9815]

Foden is one of the best finishers in the world, he just happened to miss

[@ashutoshmallick9532]

Off day, even kdb is a class finisher he missed the chance of the match. Silva foden KDB Haaland all missed. Maybe it wasn’t our day

[@mattiarubio3240]

Cry harder oilchester shitty fan

[@thembekileblessmore]

They knew they couldn't beat city tactically, so they took them to penalties where it's 50/50. Nice strategy

[@nika6184]

Well its not prime Madrid that's facing prime city, so that approach doesn't really diminish our victory over city.

[@AJftwlol]

seeing valverde progressing the ball for a counter, just to pass it back confirmed that was the game plan all along.

[@rodrigofernandezmattos1583]

but they did beat City tactically. Both legs City trailed RM most of the time. City managed to be ahead only for 18 minutes over 210 minutes, so RM had them where they wanted

[@mm2280]

NODRID Defended = Full Stop = Shit houses

[@danm2756]

Come on...keep your tactics. How many times are gonna hear that argument against real madrid

[@MorrisseyMuse]

Beautiful football truly lost this day; instead of City's flowing footie, we have to watch Real park the bus to the final!

[@lenneth1188]

This is why arsene wenger new offside rules should be implemented. Can't have cowards park the bus 120 minutes and win

[@shengyi1701]

Hope the teams playing City in their remaking matches watch this. But Liverpool also have to raise their game and convert chances

[@orlandovelastegui1391]

I think Manchester City gets to predictable passing from side to side from left to right from right to left not getting nowhere!!!! I think they should have isolated Doku more often with Carvahal and Carvahal already had a yellow card. They should have kept going to Doku with everyone else on the other side, this way there wouldn’t have no one to help Carvalhal.

[@gm_collectibles1]

This guy is great. The pain is still substantial. Hope this fuels pep & the crew to avenge this loss next yr.

[@JoemyJoseph]

Next year Madrid is welcoming Mbappe and Endrick, the chances for Pep to beat Madrid will be significantly decreasing.

[@d231-i4j]

@@JoemyJoseph The pain will be always substantial until those 115 charges will be applied properly 🤣

[@SiyabongaSibiya-pj9gb]

Don't worry boy pep's ego is the biggest thing in the universe. He will make sure real Madrid pay for poking it.

[@d231-i4j]

@@SiyabongaSibiya-pj9gb Thats why with that amount of money from club &Talented players ..... he has won only 1 UCL 🤣😂 Where Ancelotti did the same thing with a TRANSITION team🥶😎

[@davidof5603]

@@d231-i4j he is about to do it with the second transition team in 3 years 😂😂😂

[@Ronvinke]

Adam Clery suddenly showing up in a video about football. I didn't expect it. But I love it.

[@FourFourTwo]

Been here well over a year but welcome to the party friend 😅🙏

[@Ronvinke]

@@FourFourTwo figured as much, but was bizarrely out of the blue for me. 😂

[@tinomunochiveyi8402]

Loving the way you present these games. Keep it up

[@natesn0w562]

Most people criticizing Madrid for playing defensively but they forget defense is part of the game. Goalkeeping, defense, midfield and attack are the major parts of the game and you can capitalized on any of these but mostly combine to win a game or tournament. Don’t forget Carlo is an Italian, if the need be he can and will defend, you need strategy to do so. The real question is if City had to defense, could they?

[@ppate8]

They cant because Cruyff said you dont need a plan B hence why his country never won the WC. His boy Pep will never change

[@lulamabowdenmagwa6803]

So are we really gonna talk about Man City big chance and pretend like that Rudiger chance in the Extra-time didn’t happen?

[@RexChevalchroi]

Classic Pep's weakness : his plan is built on assumptions and has too many control. You mentioned chaos, and that's what missing from City or Pep. That's why they are boring to watch but successful, unless when they faced a prepared opponent who is lethal in attack but willing to defend. Yes, city is boring and their goals are boring... Except for when they decide to discard the perfection, like Shooting from miles away. Oh, and Haaland did look like Championship-level striker or perhaps league one?

[@adityagupta2353]

If madrid sit back like they did they are almost impossible to beat as they are the best in the world with their block with the best right back in the world and mendy who is very good defensively and also they are best at counter transitions for the past 15 years

[@petrj6052]

Alo would like to point out that the reason why Bernardo had to wait for that ball for so long, was that after Edersons catch against Modric, Modric took that ball and rocketed it into stands. Cheeky play, but might have had an impact.

[@YoshiJoshi_]

Pep's tactic to use an elite level passing CB to step into midfield makes loads of sense, but given the way they play, I am surprised that the backup to Stones is a decent ball playing CB (Akanji) rather than looking to find a midfielder who would be capable of stepping back into defence when required. On the surface of it, feels like an easier profile to find than a Stones regen

[@a-love-supremist]

I don't respect teams who only know how to win one way.

[@TK_Brainslug]

your videos are hilarious. Will you do one for Bayern/Arsenal too?

[@goncalomoura8156]

Best football analyses anywhere anytime? Yep! Absolutely, no doubt!!!

[@donezo116]

"Better team by a mile".. ? Footbal is also defending and Madrid put in an absolute masterclass against the most dangerous team in the world. Put some respect on the UCL kings, bruv. Great video!😁

[@jameshawker9058]

As a life long Madridista this video made me very happy thanks very much, very entertaining

[@edus9636]

As in the last years in the CL, Real (especially 2 years ago) can only get through with the glorious help of Fortuna, referees and not checked VAR. One of the luckiest teams and undeserved "champions" in the history of football.

[@darriusdias]

I think I read on the BBC Sport match feed that Guardiola was yelling to get the ball the Grealish...this video just explained why that was!

[@joseluis-wd3zd]

Brilliant explanation. 1. I saw akanji free many times allow city to attack with that extra player . Guardiola 1-0 2. Real Madrid is the better team that can be at the edge of the Cliff more than 90 min and beat you at the end. The defense of Real Madrid was unbelievable. Real Madrid 1-0. 3. Real Madrid prepared the penalties better. Kepa advised lunin the penalty shoot of Silva in 2019 carabao cup. And rüddiger advised lunin the side vs kovacevic. Real Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid winner.

[@lutheroktovan9640]

Love your video mate!

[@SumanBanerjee-fw5wy]

Unbelievable clarity in the analysis

[@rawr7502]

Great breakdown of the tactics !

[@ronanmurphy_explorer]

Excellent video Adam, as usual. City fan here. Great insights. Keep it up.

[@aparichit9728]

13:11 even Carvajal missed a chance like that where vini passed him in a lot of space

[@TrincoSmith]

nacho, carvajal, and rudiger were fantastic. nacho in particular i thought gave one of his best performances marking haaland

[@formerlyknownasmousecopp4367]

I am ultimately proud of how we played, can't be mad about it. On its own, the control of the game City had and the way we suffocated them were deserving of victory. Imo, we lost this game far more than Madrid won it. But this is professional sports. If you can't actually put the ball across the line, you don't truly deserve to win.

[@atb89]

Real Madrid vs City, 210 minutes of football: - City led for 18 minutes. - It was a draw for 76 minutes. - Real Madrid led for 116 minutes.

[@imagination0000]

​@@atb89 don't kid yourself, lil-bro get your facts right. 😂😂

[@formerlyknownasmousecopp4367]

@@atb89 Scoreline doesn't always reflect run of play or momentum and stuff like that. But if you wanna go solely on stats: Possession: City 64%, Madrid 36% Shots: City 45, Madrid 22 Shots on target: City 15, Madrid 8 Total xG: City 3.62, Madrid 2.07 Passes completed: City 1,269, Madrid 1,062 And keep in mind I'm including both legs here. Excluding the first leg makes this even more favored towards City proportionately (especially the passes, which City more than doubled Madrid's total in 2nd leg) which is the only match I was referencing in my comment.

[@Jojos25]

​​@@formerlyknownasmousecopp4367 so basically Madrid had a much higher conversion rate and needed 20% less passes to score the same amount of goals, all while leading the scoreboard 90% of the time.

[@formerlyknownasmousecopp4367]

@@Jojos25 Hence why I said our inability to score supercedes everything. I still think we played better overall but didn't convert enough when it mattered most

[@morg7764]

Adam Mclery been on a generational run this week 🙌

[@morg7764]

Clery* my bad boss

[@pablosaez9635]

Hala Madrid! I wish we had these kind of analysis about Spanish football. There are no serious channels in Spanish and English-speaking channels don’t usually cover LaLiga

[@mattiarubio3240]

Saying oilchester shitty "absolutely battered" madrid is utterly delusional. City had their chances and failed, therefore they played like shit

[@JoemyJoseph]

@@chiggsytube Both Haaland and Debruyne requested to be subbed. They had no juice left. The game was draining for all the players.

[@ceoiku7282]

@@chiggsytube I think you may have under-thought that spelling of overthought 😂.

[@younge1666]

im sorry but the narrative that City played amazing and where unlucky is just false. City where a victim of their own discipline. It wasn't a genuis move for Pep to bring on Doku, Grealish done literally fuck all, Cravajal was the one dribbling him. When you play such a rigid system it can work wonders but a side as intelligent and experienced as Real can make it work against you. Real limited City to 2 chances in 120 minutes due to Peps stubbornness. He should have hooked Grealish at half time and moved Foden in centrally but its not the first time he has made stupid errors in the champions league

[@4inkid]

Pep plans doesn’t work with Spanish teams 😂 last year cam was just the weak link

[@NATAR160]

Check their head to head n be better educated.

[@CojaboBerlin]

I really love the analysis you do!🎯

[@FourFourTwo]

🙏

[@khalidqawdhan3265]

i like the break down good channel i subscribed

[@stevekipkoech3365]

Been waiting for this man..........❤thanks

[@shihweiwong]

Best analysis of the match by a mile

[@ramenotoko21]

I love 442! 🔥

[@miraclehesed8959]

🔥

[@lestatnl]

Amazing Analysis as ever!

[@Anto-xh5vn]

Don proving why he is the DON

[@matthewtabor6874]

Irrespective of him missing the penalty, Silva should have been subbed for Bobb in ET he was completely cooked and bobb would have forced an extra RM wide to stop the 1v1s and give more space in the middle. Akanji I think shouldve tried to occupy the back 4 more as well when he was the free man like he did for the goal he would give haaland more room and give an extra body for all those crosses

[@ndrsdgdo]

Here's the thing, keep city playing wide around the sideline ; if crosses inbound, crowd the aerial space with rudi nacho and lunin. If cut inside with a pass, block the shooting space with cama and kroos. Even after carva got booked, they switch to 5 defender with falverde dealing with grealish. Obviously, pep's men are superior in physical terms. But madrid got the mentality to be deliberately under constant pressure after they scored their goal. With that many chances and still comes up with minimal result? The problem is on city, unfortunately. Madrid plan was to wear city down after all and went into the shooting, seen by their choice of pk takers.

[@robinfailure]

Damn, Limmy knows his football game

[@ofentsejay]

There is nothing wrong with what walker did. He can't really check his mam at that point, he needs to be looking at vini, to see when the cross is made. He slows down and checks his back, he loses the yards and vini puts the ball infront of him. Their best bet was for the cross to be blocked. Kyle did well

[@jakobpienaar5727]

The early goal by Madrid set the flow of the match. The onus was on Citeh to probe. All Real had to do was not let Citeh thru..

[@ducks742]

What a great analysis. I am looking forward to start watching football more analytically.

[@samuelmuiruri4704]

De Bruyne has to score that chance. In a high pressure game , you just don't get many of those and missing is heavily punished

[@refragerator]

Real is comfortable playing defensively because they know their own class - it speaks for them that they were able to kind of tame Manchester City, an absolutely loaded squad of top class footballers. And it speaks for City that they were absolutely able to crush any and all attempts of Real to use their pace and skill to have fast counter attacks which they so love. Truly, two ridiculously good teams played each other. But I do have to point out two things: One is that Camavinga seemed to have a really bad day on his passes and was sometimes not fully as fully awake and aware as we all know him to be from Primera Division and other CL games. This is criticism on the highest of high levels, but him playing several passes straight into dead zones or just the feet of City players was wild to me. Two is that Kroos played really well defensively, even under pressure, but was almost entirely unable to activate his entire pitch-wide zonal control of sending off his attacking players due to City's extremely well played gameplan and -play. But I'm 100% certain that without Kroos, Real would have lost this game in the first 45 minutes and it wouldn't have been close.

[@mrbongoman]

Great video bro!

[@Beingjesse]

Lol the better teams sometimes lose. That is football. Champions are not only the most talented team, but the most resilient. Respect REAL MADRID.

[@nalininandlal189]

Now Talk about all the right tactics made by Real Madrid’s coach and players

[@chelseagodfather]

Grealish wasn’t effective. It was obvious that Dani Carvahal was comfortable against him. Also, Akanji was routinely getting into goal scoring areas but lacked the ability. Pep needed to be a bit more brave. But it’s hard to criticize a 2x treble winner. 🏆 🏆

[@jeftamuteveri6381]

Zero corners for Madrid in 90 plus minutes that tells you how good Man city is

[@McFlashh]

Being an Arsenal fan must be so sad. This is one of their best teams in history statistically and they still can't win the UCL, and they never will. How on earth do people compare them to Chelsea?

[@jonny3801]

Brilliant channel!

[@SeanMugariwa]

Camavinga💫

[@omalone1169]

He gave away the ball about 5 times

[@MusicallyInclinedful]

When things don't go MCity's way, Guardiola doesn't have another tactical plan. We saw it two years ago when he had 30 minutes of overtime to make a correction after last minute goals by madrid. Has Guardiola ever coached his way out of a jam? NO. Ancelotti has done it dozens of times in big games.

[@PapaLazarou1977]

Adam, is that Eels sign behind you a reference to The Mighty Boosh? Kudos if so!

[@Blankilo]

The one thing i dont like about Pep's teams is they'll have a shit load of possession and be of no use. Pep to me only knows how to play one way and one way only which is Tiki Taka with a high line on defense. He makes zero adjustments when he runs against other top coaches thats why he gets beat in critical CL matches with the exception of last season and when he had Messi.

[@ripLbozo]

Playing better d’or, dominating possession d’or and salt d’or goes to city fans 😹😹😹

[@chrisseesworld]

Madrid defensive masterclass.

[@jacklane3679]

Hating the lack of credit for the Real goalie... He gambled to let his reflexes sort it rather than picking a side and just caught the ball coming down the middle, if he dives then Silva would be "ice cold" but it was the goalie who made him look like a mug